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COMMISSIONER Loy STATED THAT SHE IS CONCERNED ABOUT WHERE <br />WE STAND IN REGARD TO LIFTING THE MORATORIUM ON SEWER AND.WATER FRANCHISES <br />WHICH WE SET IN JULY FOR APPROXIMATELY SIX MONTHS. SHE NOTED*THAT WE <br />ARE WAITING FOR ENGINEERING REPORTS, AND WONDERED WHAT THE POSSIBILITY <br />IS OF US ACTUALLY LIFTING*THIS MORATORIUM IN .JANUARY OR WHETHER IT WILL <br />BE NECESSARY TO EXTEND IT A LITTLE LONGER. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS STATED THAT PROCEDURALLY IT TERMINATES AT THE <br />END OF SIX MONTHS UNLESS IT IS REINSTATED BY ANOTHER ORDINANCE, <br />IN DISCUSSION IT WAS NOTED THAT THE REPORT FROM GERAGHTY & <br />MILLER IS DUE SOMETIME IN FEBRUARY, HOWEVER, IT WAS FELT THAT THE SOUTH <br />COUNTY WILL BE REVIEWED IN STAGES AND NOT THE WHOLE AREA AT ONE TIME. <br />.COMMISSIONER SIEBERT FELT WE SHOULD CHANGE OUR FRANCHISE <br />REGULATIONS. FOR INSTANCE, IF SOMEONE WANTS TO PUT IN A TREATMENT <br />FACILITY, THEY SHOULD DO IT AT THEIR OWN RISK AND WE DON'T HAVE TO BUY <br />IT BACK. ALSO, IF THEY DO BUILD ONE AND GET IN VIOLATION OF DER REGU- <br />LATIONS, THE COUNTY SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO GO IN, PUT A LIEN ON IT, AND <br />FIX IT. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE AGREED WE MUST HAVE SOME OPTIONS. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THE TIME COMING WHEN <br />WE HAVE TO GO TO SOME OF THESE DEVELOPERS AND ASK THEM TO TURN OVER THEIR <br />SYSTEMS. HE FELT SOME WILL AND SOME WONT. HE BROUGHT UP THE POSSI- <br />BILITY OF HAVING THE DEVELOPER CONSTRUCT THE INTERNAL SYSTEM AND THEN <br />CONVEY THAT TO THE COUNTY FOR THE COUNTY TO LEASE IT BACK TO THEM DURING <br />D THE INTERIM PERIOD OF TIME. HE NOTED THAT IN THIS WAY WE ACCOMPLISH <br />OWNERSHIP AND AVOID POTENTIAL LEGAL BATTLES LATER. HE REQUESTED THE <br />BOARD TO GIVE THIS SOME CONSIDERATION. <br />COMMISSIONER.Loy STATED THAT SHE IS GREATLY CONCERNED THAT WE <br />.ARE GOING TO BE FLOODED WITH REQUESTS FOR NEW FRANCHISES, EXTENSIONS, <br />ETC., AND WONDERED IF WE ARE GOING TO BE PREPARED TO HANDLE THIS BY <br />THE FIRST OF .JANUARY. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT NOTED THAT IF WE WANT TO EXTEND THE <br />MORATORIUM WE NEED TO ADVERTISE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE NECESSARY ORDI- <br />NANCE. HE NOTED WE ALREADY HAVE A HEARING ON A SEWER AND WATER FRANCHISE <br />SCHEDULED BY MITCHELL BUILDERS ON DECEMBER 20TH ABOUT WHICH HE IS <br />CONCERNED. <br />138 <br />L.it� 8 PAGE+J <br />